"The ... Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture ... was abolished in 1793. ... its dissolution ... can only be fully understood in the context of the evolving governance of the institution."--P. [4] of cover.
Regulating the Académie : art, rules and power in ancien régime France by Reed Benhamou. ISBN 9780729409728. Published by Voltaire Foundation in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.